@misc{10481/86867,
year = {2018},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/86867},
abstract = {Current forecasts predict that Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) will account for about ten
billion devices by 2020. Simultaneously, unlicensed Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) are
gaining momentum due to their low cost, low power and long range characteristics, which are suitable for
many IIoT applications, in addition to the usage of unlicensed bands. In this article, a solution is proposed
to seamlessly integrate LoRaWAN, an open and standardized LPWAN technology, with 4G/5G mobile
networks, thus allowing mobile network operators to reutilize their current infrastructures. This proposal is
transparent to LoRaWAN end-devices and to the Evolved Packet Core (EPC), since only the LoRaWAN
gateway is required to be modified. The gateway acts as an evolved Node B (eNB) from the core network
perspective, implementing part of the eNB protocol stack. All data packets transported over the core
network are both encrypted and integrity protected, hence achieving end-to-end security. As a proof-of-concept, this solution has been implemented and validated with an open-source EPC.},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness},
organization = {European Regional Development Fund (TEC2016-76795-C6-4-R, UNGR15-CE-3311)},
keywords = {IIoT},
keywords = {LPWAN},
keywords = {LoRaWAN},
keywords = {4G},
keywords = {5G},
title = {Integration of LoRaWAN and 4G/5G for Industrial Internet of Things},
doi = {10.1109/MCOM.2018.1700625},
author = {Navarro Ortiz, Jorge and Sendra Compte, Sandra and Ameigeiras Gutiérrez, Pablo José and López Soler, Juan Manuel},
}